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Reading Comprehension Practice Test
Reading Comprehension Practice Test
Interactive Worksheet
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Reading Comprehension Practice Test
Second Grade
Reading
Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!
Interactive Worksheet
Reading Comprehension Practice Test
Reading Comprehension Practice Test
Interactive Worksheet
Reading Comprehension Practice Test
Reinforce reading comprehension skills with this simple practice quiz!
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Text Detective: Weird Animals
Text Detective: Weird Animals
Workbook
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Text Detective: Weird Animals
Second Grade
Reading
It's fact vs. opinion statements about interesting animals in this workbook. Kids will also think about how diagrams and images help clarify reading passages.
Workbook
Text Detective: Weird Animals
Text Detective: Weird Animals
Workbook
Text Detective: Weird Animals
It's fact vs. opinion statements about interesting animals in this workbook. Kids will also think about how diagrams and images help clarify reading passages.
Second Grade
Reading
Workbook
Summer Fun: Put the Story Sequence in Order
Summer Fun: Put the Story Sequence in Order
Interactive Worksheet
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Summer Fun: Put the Story Sequence in Order
Second Grade
Reading
Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.
Interactive Worksheet
Summer Fun: Put the Story Sequence in Order
Summer Fun: Put the Story Sequence in Order
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Summer Fun: Put the Story Sequence in Order
Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
What's the Main Idea?
What's the Main Idea?
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What's the Main Idea?
Second Grade
Reading
Track down the main idea in this foundational worksheet! 
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What's the Main Idea?
What's the Main Idea?
Interactive Worksheet
What's the Main Idea?
Track down the main idea in this foundational worksheet! 
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Once Upon a Point of View
Once Upon a Point of View
Workbook
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Once Upon a Point of View
First Grade
Reading
What do you know about the prince in Sleeping Beauty? Here are four classic stories re-spun for kids, with the focus on supporting characters.
Workbook
Once Upon a Point of View
Once Upon a Point of View
Workbook
Once Upon a Point of View
What do you know about the prince in Sleeping Beauty? Here are four classic stories re-spun for kids, with the focus on supporting characters.
First Grade
Reading
Workbook
Picture Comprehension
Picture Comprehension
Interactive Worksheet
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Picture Comprehension
First Grade
Reading
Picture comprehension is a great intro to reading comprehension! Kids will simply identify what is going on in each picture.
Interactive Worksheet
Picture Comprehension
Picture Comprehension
Interactive Worksheet
Picture Comprehension
Picture comprehension is a great intro to reading comprehension! Kids will simply identify what is going on in each picture.
First Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Worksheet
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"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Second Grade
Reading
Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.
Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Identify the Text Features
Identify the Text Features
Game
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Identify the Text Features
Second Grade
Reading
Text features highlight important facts in sources of information. Help kids learn to identify these features with this silly newspaper article.
Game
Identify the Text Features
Identify the Text Features
Game
Identify the Text Features
Text features highlight important facts in sources of information. Help kids learn to identify these features with this silly newspaper article.
Second Grade
Reading
Game
Who is Angela Davis?
Who is Angela Davis?
Worksheet
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Who is Angela Davis?
Second Grade
Reading
Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.
Worksheet
Who is Angela Davis?
Who is Angela Davis?
Worksheet
Who is Angela Davis?
Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
Worksheet
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W.E.B. Du Bois
Second Grade
Reading
Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.
Worksheet
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
Worksheet
W.E.B. Du Bois
Introduce second and third graders to W.E.B. Du Bois, writer, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, with this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Read and Review: Summer Vacation
Read and Review: Summer Vacation
Worksheet
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Read and Review: Summer Vacation
Second Grade
Reading
Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 
Worksheet
Read and Review: Summer Vacation
Read and Review: Summer Vacation
Worksheet
Read and Review: Summer Vacation
Students will read and answer questions about the Bradley family's summer vacation. 
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
The Fox and the Crow
The Fox and the Crow
Interactive Worksheet
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The Fox and the Crow
Second Grade
Reading
Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.
Interactive Worksheet
The Fox and the Crow
The Fox and the Crow
Interactive Worksheet
The Fox and the Crow
Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare and the Tortoise
Worksheet
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The Hare and the Tortoise
Kindergarten
Reading
Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.
Worksheet
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare and the Tortoise
Worksheet
The Hare and the Tortoise
Use the templates to assemble and stage a puppet show based on the story.
Kindergarten
Reading
Worksheet
Furry Bear
Furry Bear
Worksheet
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Furry Bear
Kindergarten
Reading
Read this cozy poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a reading comprehension question.
Worksheet
Furry Bear
Furry Bear
Worksheet
Furry Bear
Read this cozy poem by A.A. Milne, then answer a reading comprehension question.
Kindergarten
Reading
Worksheet
Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Interactive Worksheet
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Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
First Grade
Reading
Help your beginning reader boost her reading comprehension by figuring out what happened next in three different story lines.
Interactive Worksheet
Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Interactive Worksheet
Story Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Help your beginning reader boost her reading comprehension by figuring out what happened next in three different story lines.
First Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
The Ants and the Grasshopper
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Worksheet
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The Ants and the Grasshopper
First Grade
Reading
Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.
Worksheet
The Ants and the Grasshopper
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Worksheet
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.
First Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Picture Sequencing
Picture Sequencing
Worksheet
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Picture Sequencing
First Grade
Reading
This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.
Worksheet
Picture Sequencing
Picture Sequencing
Worksheet
Picture Sequencing
This picture story is all mixed up! Use this worksheet to teach your students how to put plot events in order.
First Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Activity
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Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Second Grade
Reading
Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:
Activity
Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Activity
Understanding Headers and Subheaders
Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
Write a Going Green Plan
Write a Going Green Plan
Activity
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Write a Going Green Plan
Second Grade
Reading
Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.
Activity
Write a Going Green Plan
Write a Going Green Plan
Activity
Write a Going Green Plan
Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
What is Cause and Effect?
What is Cause and Effect?
Interactive Worksheet
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What is Cause and Effect?
First Grade
Reading
Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.
Interactive Worksheet
What is Cause and Effect?
What is Cause and Effect?
Interactive Worksheet
What is Cause and Effect?
Help your child understand cause and effect with this practice sheet.
First Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Identifying Cause and Effect
Identifying Cause and Effect
Interactive Worksheet
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Identifying Cause and Effect
Second Grade
Reading
Give your second grader's logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect.
Interactive Worksheet
Identifying Cause and Effect
Identifying Cause and Effect
Interactive Worksheet
Identifying Cause and Effect
Give your second grader's logical thinking skills and reading comprehension a healthy boost with a lesson in cause and effect.
Second Grade
Reading
Interactive Worksheet
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Activity
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Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
First Grade
Reading
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
Activity
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
Activity
Design Challenge: Creating Animal Habitats
In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.
First Grade
Reading
Activity
Papier-Mâché Characters
Papier-Mâché Characters
Activity
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Papier-Mâché Characters
Second Grade
Reading
Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.
Activity
Papier-Mâché Characters
Papier-Mâché Characters
Activity
Papier-Mâché Characters
Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
String Story Necklaces
String Story Necklaces
Activity
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String Story Necklaces
Pre-K
Reading
This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.
Activity
String Story Necklaces
String Story Necklaces
Activity
String Story Necklaces
This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.
Pre-K
Reading
Activity
New Year's Gift
New Year's Gift
Activity
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New Year's Gift
First Grade
Reading
Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.
Activity
New Year's Gift
New Year's Gift
Activity
New Year's Gift
Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.
First Grade
Reading
Activity
Write Your Own Tall Tale
Write Your Own Tall Tale
Activity
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Write Your Own Tall Tale
Second Grade
Reading
Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.
Activity
Write Your Own Tall Tale
Write Your Own Tall Tale
Activity
Write Your Own Tall Tale
Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
Make Your Own Fairy Tale
Make Your Own Fairy Tale
Activity
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Make Your Own Fairy Tale
Second Grade
Reading
Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.
Activity
Make Your Own Fairy Tale
Make Your Own Fairy Tale
Activity
Make Your Own Fairy Tale
Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.
Second Grade
Reading
Activity
Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game
Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game
Activity
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Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game
First Grade
Reading
Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!
Activity
Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game
Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game
Activity
Play Story Ball: A Reading Comprehension Game
Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!
First Grade
Reading
Activity
Questions, Anyone? Ask Your Way to Reading Comprehension
Questions, Anyone? Ask Your Way to Reading Comprehension
Activity
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Questions, Anyone? Ask Your Way to Reading Comprehension
Kindergarten
Reading
Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!
Activity
Questions, Anyone? Ask Your Way to Reading Comprehension
Questions, Anyone? Ask Your Way to Reading Comprehension
Activity
Questions, Anyone? Ask Your Way to Reading Comprehension
Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!
Kindergarten
Reading
Activity
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Worksheet
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The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Kindergarten
Reading
In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.
Worksheet
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
Worksheet
The Sleepy Sloth Gets Lost
In this reading fluency worksheet, second and third graders read a story about a sleepy sloth, then answer simple reading comprehension questions.
Kindergarten
Reading
Worksheet
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